When Courteeners frontman Liam Fray held a listening party for the 15th-anniversary release of St Jude at Manchester’s Yes, it

A star-studded lineup of Northern performers has just been announced to play at the first-ever Northern Music Awards at Manchester’s

Liam Fray has announced he will play a one-off acoustic show in aid of Andy Burnham’s charity ‘A Bed Every

His wicked sense of humour and candid insights into his turbulent personal life form the basis for the majority of his music, and his surprise new album ‘Music to be Murdered By’ is no different.

“We always got told we’d struggle here, but no. As soon as we walk through the door, football is out the window and we’re f***ing cousins,” Courteeners frontman Liam Fray affirmed to the room.

“I confidently predict that exactly no one will be listening to it in ten years’ time” stated a British newspaper regarding the Courteeners’ debut album, St Jude, around ten years ago.

As Manchester prepares for the homecoming of Courteeners in early December, the band have released a charity Christmas single and an expanded edition of 2014 album, Concrete Love.

Liam, from Middleton in north Manchester, established his connection with the university 11 years ago while studying as an economics and then creative writing student.

Manchester rockers The Courteeners sold out their 20,000 capacity Heaton Park summer gig in just one hour this morning.

Manchester band The Courteeners are coming home for a huge outdoor homecoming gig at Heaton Park next summer